The Geneseo boys’ track and field team grabbed first-and second-place finishes this past week at home and in Dixon.

Geneseo at Dixon ABC?Meet

The Geneseo boys’ track and field team captured a plethora of first-place finishes at the April 21 Dixon ABC Meet and were led by record-setting performances by the Leaf throwers. Geneseo finished the meet in second place behind Sterling.

“I thought we had a great meet and our discus guys went nuts,” said head coach Don?Fredericks. “We had tons of guys who stepped up with a ton of first-place finishes. It was very exciting because there were a lot of competitive opportunities.”

Geneseo’s throwers earned five firsts out of six in the shot put and discus events — Joe Huffman won discus A with a throw of 162-7 1/2, the fourth farthest in school history and also took second in shot put A at 48-5; A.J. Marmion won shot put B with a throw of 43-6 1/2 and discus B with a final distance of 159-04, a new sophomore record by 12 feet; and Nick?Verbeck grabbed firsts in shot put C at 43-8 1/2 and discus C at 139-2, the fourth farthest sophomore throw in school history.

Placing first in the A division were the 4x200-m relay of Ryan?Pitra, Tyler Rusk, Landon Hoon and Chase Cahalan with a time of 1:36.67; Kyle Reiling, 3200-m run, 10:13.00; and Josh Beard, triple jump, 39-8.

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“The kids are working hard, giving it all they have and we had a strong effort,”?said Fredericks. “We’ve had a good, steady improvement throughout the season so far, and we are always looking for personal bests.”

Geneseo F/S Invite

The Geneseo freshmen and sophomore boys combined their efforts April 24 to win the Geneseo F/S Boys’ Track and Field Invitational with 233 points.

Grabbing wins at the freshmen level were David Chenoweth in the 1600-m run, taking the tape in 4:47.50 and Josh Beard in the triple jump with a leap of 37-8.

Placing first at the sophomore level were Griffin Welfer in the 800-m run with a time of 2;07.49; Justin Seeley in the 300-m hurdles at 42.32 and in the long jump with a mark of 19-5; and A.J. Marmion in the shot put and discus with tosses of 48-0 and 147-3, respectively.

Taking home second-place honors for the freshmen were Ryan Pitra in the 100-m dash at 11.79; Sam Arndt in the 200-m dash at 24.87; Beard, 400-m dash, 55.84 and long jump at 18-2 1/2; and Ian Ramsey, high jump, clearing 5-6.

In second place for the sophomores were Seth Wilson in the 400-m dash with a time of 59.57 and the high jump at 8-6; and the 4x100-m relay of Seeley, Ryan Webster, Luke Snyder and Chase Cahalan in 45.31.